{"product_id":"the-cult-of-the-duce-9780719088964","title":"The Cult of the Duce","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cult of the Duce is the first book to explore systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, looking in detail at its many manifestations in the visual arts, architecture, political spectacle and the media, and analyses its controversial resonances in the postwar period. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Stephen Gundle, Christopher Duggan and Giuliana Pieri\u003cbr\u003e1. Political cults in liberal Italy, 1861–1922 – Christopher Duggan\u003cbr\u003e2. The propagation of the cult of the Duce, 1925–26 – Christopher Duggan\u003cbr\u003e3. Margherita Sarfatti and the invention of the Duce – Simona Storchi\u003cbr\u003e4. Sanity from  a lunatic asylum: Ida Dalser’s threat to Mussolini’s image – Daniela Baratieri\u003cbr\u003e5. Mass culture and the cult of personality – Stephen Gundle\u003cbr\u003e6. A town for the cult of the Duce: Predappio as a site of pilgrimage – Sofia Serenelli\u003cbr\u003e7. Mussolini’s appearances in the regions – Stephen Gundle\u003cbr\u003e8. The internalisation of the cult of the Duce: the evidence of diaries and letters – Christopher Duggan\u003cbr\u003e9. Mussolini and the Italian Empire, 1935–41 – Giuseppe Finaldi \u003cbr\u003e10. Portraits of the Duce – Giuliana Pieri\u003cbr\u003e11. Photographing Mussolini – Alessandra Antola\u003cbr\u003e12. Mussolini as monument: the equestrian statue of the Duce at the Littoriale stadium in Bologna – Simona Storchi\u003cbr\u003e13. Mussolini and the city of Rome – Eugene Pooley\u003cbr\u003e14. The destiny of the art and artefacts – Giuliana Pieri\u003cbr\u003e15. The aftermath of the Mussolini cult: history, nostalgia and popular culture – Stephen Gundle\u003cbr\u003e16. Mussolini and postwar Italian television – Vanessa Roghi\u003cbr\u003eAfterword – R.J.B. Bosworth\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037342531927,"sku":"9780719088964","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719088964.jpg?v=1750935363","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cult-of-the-duce-9780719088964","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}